"A hundred experts who have unlocked the Magic Body?"
The moment Shi Feng's words fell, the entire reception room went silent. Even Torei couldn't help but stare fixedly at Shi Feng, as though trying to see right through him.
"Are you telling the truth?!"
Unlocking the Magic Body was only a matter of time for third-rank experts, but as things stood, those who had actually completed the process were in desperately short supply among every major superpower.
That was because the large-scale team dungeons and formidable secret realms — even certain field bosses — simply could not be handled by third-rank experts who hadn't unlocked the Magic Body. Only with the Magic Body unlocked did they stand a chance. Otherwise, those monsters could use their mastery over magic to drain the ambient mana to razor-thin levels, effortlessly killing every third-rank expert in the area.
For this reason, every major superpower had been frantically working to unlock the Magic Body for their members, hoping to be the first to conquer those massive team dungeons and secret realms, claim the first wave of clearing rewards, and widen the gap between themselves and their rivals.
Yet a handful of experts — or even a dozen — who had unlocked the Magic Body meant nothing when it came to the truly massive team dungeons and powerful secret realms.
But a hundred was an entirely different matter.
With a hundred people, an assault became possible. Especially in the case of the ancient secret realm that Violet Sword currently valued above all else.
Outside the reception room, Pang Wushang's jaw had practically hit the floor. He had never imagined that Zero Wing possessed such terrifying reserves.
A hundred experts with the Magic Body unlocked!
With that many people, even if Zero Wing had no foothold on the Western Continent, no superpower would dare provoke them lightly. If a hundred of them showed up in the field or stirred up trouble inside a guild town, it would be more than enough to give any major superpower a very bad day.
"Of course. Otherwise I wouldn't have come here," Shi Feng nodded, his tone utterly certain.
In truth, Zero Wing currently had only a little over twenty people who had unlocked the Magic Body. However, thanks to the training in the Magic Wolf Mountain Range and the benefits of the Lost Town, a great many of the guild's third-rank experts who had reached the Void Realm had already unlocked more than eighty-five percent. Given three more days at most, they should be able to assemble a full hundred-man team.
As for the assault on the ancient secret realm, it wouldn't begin immediately. There was still a period of preparation required — after all, without special items, players couldn't even survive inside. By the time those items were ready, Zero Wing's hundred Magic Body experts would more or less be in place.
So he wasn't lying to Torei.
Back in the reception room, Torei and the others heard the certainty in Shi Feng's voice and fell silent.
"Coach Torei, are we really going to agree to their terms? That's an ancient secret realm — possibly the only one in the entire Divine Realm. You know better than anyone what kind of power-ups are available inside. And this Black Flame is asking for far too much. We and Illusory Myth split control of the ancient secret realm fifty-fifty. If we hand a hundred slots to Zero Wing, then even if we secure a foothold in the realm, we'll still be a step behind Illusory Myth from now on," Huang Huo Kuangzhan muttered to the silent Torei in a hushed voice.
The ancient secret realm had strict limits on the number of people who could enter. And though it was called a secret realm, it was more like an ancient city that existed entirely separate from the Divine Realm.
Only by conquering the trial bosses inside could one become a common citizen of that city and enjoy the various benefits it offered.
To maintain control over the ancient secret realm, they and Illusory Myth had joined forces to send large armies to blockade the entrance, each claiming half the available slots. No other force had the slightest chance of cutting in.